10. Attempted Robbery of “Lady Mulgrave”
In April 1966, a clumsy thief attempted to steal a portrait of “Lady Mulgrave” from a second-floor gallery of European paintings. The criminal was spotted by a museum guard as he worked to free the painting. The guard shouted at the thief, who bolted away with the painting. In the chase, the painting was dropped, but the attempted robber got away. Luckily the painting, first attributed to Thomas Gainsborough and then to his nephew Gainsborough Dupont, was unharmed. Despite a massive search, the perpetrator wasn’t caught.
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